Central Alberta Amateur Radio Club
Fall 2022 Flea Market
Sep 27th
2022 QCARC FALL SOCIAL & FLEA MARKET
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5 10AM TO 1PM
VENDOR SETUP AT 9AM
CANORA HALL 10425 – 152 STREET EDMONTON
FREE ADMISSION FREE TABLES FREE REFRESHMENTS
50/50 DRAW AT 12PM
RADIOWORLD WILL BE THERE WITH LOTS OF NEW AND USED GEAR!!
OUT OF TOWNERS NEEDING TABLES EMAIL 44bunyak@telus.net
RAC Conference & AGM – Sunday, September 18, 2022
Sep 12th
The 2022 RAC Conference and AGM takes place on September 18, running from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm ET. The conference has a number of presentations across three tracks, including SOTA in the Canadian Rockies from our own Paul Mower, VA6MPM.
Follow the link below to register for the event.
RAC-Conference-and-AGMSeptember 2022 general meeting
Sep 10th
The next CAARC general meeting will be in person, September 21, 2022 19:00 arrival, 19:30 start.
To be held at the Calder School at Sunnybrook Farm. 2879 Botterill Cres, Red Deer AB T4R 0T9 (Go to the south entrance by going east of Sim’s Furniture and CompuSoft.)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sunnybrook+Farm+Museum/@52.2459635,-113.8093421,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5374569796b2fd0b:0x371e34b4d446b6a2!8m2!3d52.2459635!4d-113.8071534
Basic Amateur course fall 2022
Aug 25th
End of Summer Social
Aug 25th
Please mark your calendar for the CAARC End of Summer Social Friday, September 2, 2022 16:00 – 20:00. John VE6HPY is hosting this event at his place again. Please bring your significant other, lawn chairs and a pot luck item. The club is providing hot dogs and buns and John is providing the fire! Hope to see you there! (go west of Hwy 2 on 11A to the first right after the lights at Blue Grass Sod Farm (280), it is the second driveway on the left)
Please RSVP to Sandy VE6SND at rac dot ca
FINALLY AN IN PERSON CAARC MEETING!!
May 24th
The May CAARC general meeting was an in person meeting on Wednesday May 18th at 7.00PM held at Glenn’s Restaurant , Red Deer in Gasoline Alley. This was the last meeting to finalize the planning for the 50th Picnic and hamfest. It was great to meet in person instead of on ZOOM!
Bob VE6BLD PR
CAARC
Red Deer Fox Hunt
Apr 28th
Edmonton Area Fox Hunting League
We’re meeting with the Calgary Hunters in Red Deer to talk fox hunting and do some fun hunts.
We’re meeting with the Calgary Hunters in Red Deer to talk fox hunting and do some fun hunts.
It is also on the CARA website (where the rest of the info below is from).
May Day 2022 sees fox hunters from Calgary and Edmonton rendezvousing at the Tim Hortons in Red Deer, AB 4217 – 50 Avenue. This will be an event where the Edmonton Area Fox Hunting League meet with fox hunters from the Calgary Amateur Radio Association for a joint sharing of experience and equipment knowledge. Real fox hunting practice will be a big part of the day, both on foot and in vehicles.
Agenda:
8:00 AM Breakfast and depart Calgary/Edmonton.
10:00 AM Meet and Greet at Tim Hortons, 4217 – 50 Avenue, Red Deer. Review of equipment for both foot and vehicle searches. Then head across the street for on-foot practice in Rotary Park.
1:00 PM Lunch at Tims (your own treat) or bring your own.
2:00 PM Organize and head out for vehicle based fox hunting.
5:00 PM Regather at Tim’s, or other place, for dinner before the journey home.
Vertical HF Antenna for SOTA
Mar 1st
This is a solution I came up with when I reach a summit where there is insufficient room to deploy an EFHW antenna. This mount fits on the tip of my trekking pole that I poke upside down in the snow or prop up with rocks. I attach the coax to one BNC fitting and a Diamond vertical antenna to the other BNC fitting. There are four ground wire attachments for the ground plane wires that I just lay out in the snow or on the ground. The photo shows the antenna in use on the summit of Lipalian Mountain.
